# #12

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518888
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Viper Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Jody Dale Puckett
- **Public source rows linked:** 424
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jody Dale Puckett (0069491) → Viper Coal LLC (0082364) → #12 (1518888)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **The Cox Law Firm Profit Sharing Plan et al → Eastern Fuels, LLC:** 2005-06-20 through 2007-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518888; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pike Mining Services Inc et al → Eastern Fuels, LLC:** 2005-06-20 through 2007-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518888; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **McPeek Energy of Kentucky Inc et al → Eastern Fuels, LLC:** 2005-06-20 through 2007-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518888; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Malcolm R  Thomas et al → Eastern Fuels, LLC:** 2005-06-20 through 2007-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518888; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John R  Grounds → Goose Creek Energy Inc:** 2007-03-15 through 2012-11-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518888; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody Dale Puckett → Viper Coal LLC:** 2012-11-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518888; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 115 violation rows across the full record; 50 carry an S&S flag and $37,027 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 65 samples:** Occupational health samples 42 coal dust; 23 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 30 inspection events and 652 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1000-1 — Filing of plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000-1

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-08-28 through 2015-08-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 113 rows; 2005-06-20 through 2014-05-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2012-01-19 through 2012-12-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 42 rows; 2006-03-07 through 2014-05-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2010-04-21 through 2010-04-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2010-03-18 through 2010-03-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2005-06-20 through 2012-11-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2005-06-16 through 2015-08-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 23 rows; 2006-03-07 through 2014-03-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 115 rows; 2005-06-20 through 2014-05-05; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/12-1518888`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/12-1518888`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518888/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518888/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518888/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`